FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The impact of entrained air on ocean waves BT AF Restrepo, Juan M. Ayet, Alex Cavaleri, Luigi AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:4; FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-LOPS-SIAM;3:; C1 Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, Université Brest/Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, Brest, France LMD/IPSL, CNRS, École normale supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, France Istituto di Scienze Marine, ISMAR, Arsenale – Tesa 104, Castello 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy C2 OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, USA IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE CNR ISMAR, ITALY SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-LOPS-SIAM UM LOPS IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 3.534 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81195/85430.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81195/85431.pdf LA English DT Article AB We make a physical–mathematical analysis of the implications that the presence of a large number of tiny bubbles may have, when present, on the thin upper layer of the sea. In our oceanographic example, the bubbles are due to intense rain. It was found that the bubbles increase momentum dissipation in the near surface and affect the surface tension force. For short waves, the implications of increased vorticity are momentum exchanges between wave and mean flow and modifications to the wave dispersion relation. For the direct effect we have analyzed, the implications are estimated to be non-significant when compared to other processes of the ocean. However, we hint at the possibility that our analysis may be useful in other areas of research or practical application. PY 2021 PD JUL SO Nonlinear Processes In Geophysics SN 1023-5809 PU Copernicus GmbH VL 28 IS 2 UT 000662220900001 BP 285 EP 293 DI 10.5194/npg-28-285-2021 ID 81195 ER EF